NFL Week 6 Picks

Week six of the 2026 NFL season starts tonight with the Seattle Seahawks vs. the Denver Broncos. My picks:

• Seattle Seahawks beat Denver Broncos
• Jacksonville Jaguars beat Houston Texans
• Chicago Bears beat Atlanta Falcons
• Baltimore Ravens beat Cleveland Browns
• Indianapolis Colts beat Tennessee Titans
• New York Jets beat New England Patriots*
• New York Giants beat New Orleans Saints
• Carolina Panthers beat Philadelphia Eagles*
• Pittsburgh Steelers beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Los Angeles Rams beat Arizona Cardinals
• Kansas City Chiefs beat Los Angeles Chargers
• Las Vegas Raiders beat Buffalo Bills*
• Dallas Cowboys beat Green Bay Packers*
• San Francisco 49ers beat Washington Commanders

Upset picks are marked with an asterisk. If I change any of my picks, the changes will be made before kickoff and specifically noted in an update to this post. The picks are also recorded at ESPN's Pick'em game.

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NFL Week 5 Results

Kind of a boring week -- the Chiefs didn't play at all, and the Jaguars played on the NFL Network, which I don't subscribe to. Any, correct picks in green, incorrect picks in red:

• Dallas Cowboys beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Jacksonville Jaguars beat Philadelphia Eagles
• Houston Texans beat Tennessee Titans
• Cincinnati Bengals beat Miami Dolphins
• Las Vegas Raiders beat New England Patriots
• Minnesota Vikings beat New Orleans Saints
• Cleveland Browns beat New York Jets
• Pittsburgh Steelers beat Indianapolis Colts
• New York Giants beat Washington Commanders
• Chicago Bears beat Green Bay Packers
• Denver Broncos beat Los Angeles Chargers
• Detroit Lions beat Arizona Cardinals
• San Francisco 49ers beat Seattle Seahawks*
• Baltimore Ravens beat Atlanta Falcons
• Los Angeles Rams beat Buffalo Bills*

Nine right, six wrong (although one of the wrongs, Giants v. Commanders, was a tie rather than a defeat for the Giants). Not too terrible. I'm currently 48 right to 30 wrong for the season and in the 89.8th percential among players in ESPN's NFL Pick'em game.